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Keeping Up With Computers: What Does Your Teen Really Need?

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By Eyal Goldshmid

Web sites:

CNET reviews: Unbiased comparisons of different computer systems.

Digital Trends Professional and user reviews of computer systems.

Avast Antivirus and AVG Free Edition

Ad-Aware and SpyBot: Search and Destroy -- Free anti-spyware scanners to keep your system protected.

Mozilla Firefox -- A free spyware-stopping Web browser

Microsoft Office -- This program suite, containing Microsoft Word, Excel, and Powerpoint (and sometimes Access) forms the foundation for most modern office communications.

Adobe Photoshop -- A complex imaging program.

 

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